His repertoire includes such roles as Germont in La Traviata, Valentin in Faust, Marcello in La Boheme, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Figaro in
Le Nozze di Figaro, the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Seville.

Mr. Yum has been the recipient of many awards including First Prize in the Korean Musician’s Association Competition, National Opera Association Competition, Palm Beach Opera Competition and he also received the Third Place Award from the Altamura Enrico Caruso International Competition.
He was also a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions and received a study grant.

Since 2004, he has been a member of the New York City Opera, where he has sung such roles as Schaunard in La Boheme, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Yamadori in Madama Butterfly.

On August 4, 2007, Mr. Yum sang the role of Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Metro Lyric Opera under the direction of Anton Coppola.

This past season at the New York City Opera his roles included El Dancairo in Carmen, Schaunard in La Boheme, The Master of Ceremonies in Cendrillon, and Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, which was telecast on March 20th on PBS.

In January 2008, he sang the role of Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur with Opera in the Heights in Houston. Future engagements include the role of Germont in La Traviata and the bass solo in the Beethoven Ninth Symphony at the Seoul National Arts Center. In June 2008 he sang the role of Amonasro in Aida with the New Rochelle Opera and in October 2008 he will sing the role of Ping in Turandot with the Dayton Opera.

Kyungmook Yum Resumé

Opera

Orchestra Works

Education

Juilliard Opera Center, Young Artist 1994-1996
Southern Methodist University, AD, 1992-1994
Seoul National University, BM, 1985-1989

Awards Received

Role Preparation

Frank (Die Tote Stadt)
Rigoletto (Rigoletto)